Most brainstorms are ruined by early criticism. Most ideas, a lot of great ideas, start by being very bad ideas. But you actually need people to build on top of them. So having an external facilitator makes a lot of sense. It's very hard for a manager to do it with his own team because the manager has er his or her own mind set and persona and style.
Shownotes + resources: https://fellow.app/supermanagers/paul-sloane-are-you-a-lateral-or-vertical-thinker/
How do you think outside of the box and why is it a leadership superpower?
Paul Sloane is a leading Innovation Consultant and author of over 20 books (including The Innovative Leader).
In this episode, Paul tells us about being an open-minded leader and how open-mindedness can break thinking patterns in order to become more innovative.
Paul shares how leaders can think laterally, rather than vertically, in order to keep up with a world that is constantly changing. And he even gives us some tips on how to run a successful brainstorming session with your team.
Tune in to learn what the difference between a manager and a leader is and how transformative thinking will help problem-solving.